A carpenter made a wooden structure using one cube and one triangular prism. The diagram shows the structure. The carpenter is o
nly going to paint the surface area of the front side of the wooden structure. To the nearest hundredth, what is the surface area that will be painted?
<u>The minimum distance is 492 meters from the house (500 - 8 = 492), and the maximum distance is 508 meters from the house (500 + 8 = 508). The dog may be slightly closer to the house, depending on how long the dog is, or if Morgan is using a leash extender.</u>
The simplest fraction for is . Write the upper bound as a fraction with the same denominator:
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Hence the range for would be:
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If the denominator of is also , then the range for its numerator (call it ) would be . Apparently, no whole number could fit into this interval. The reason is that the interval is open, and the difference between the bounds is less than .
To solve this problem, consider scaling up the denominator. To make sure that the numerator of the bounds are still whole numbers, multiply both the numerator and the denominator by a whole number (for example, 2.)
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At this point, the difference between the numerators is now . That allows a number ( in this case) to fit between the bounds. However, can't be written as finite decimals.
Try multiplying the numerator and the denominator by a different number.
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It is important to note that some expressions for can be simplified. For example, because of the common factor .
When looking at probabilities, two ideas are always true.
1) Any probability is more than 0.
2) The sum of all the probabilites is 1.
Idea #2 works here. (For example, think of how a die has six things and the probability of each is 1/6. So 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 = 1.) Let G = the probability of grape, C = probability of cherry and O = the probability of orange. From Idea #2, G + C + O = 1. Since we know G and C, then
3/10 + 1/5 + O = 1.
3/10 + 2/10 + O = 1
5/10 + O = 1
O = 5/10
Thus, the probability of an orange jelly bean is 5/10 = 1/2.
We could do this the long way and expand the whole product or note that the terms arise from the product of the a³ and a terms and the product of the a² and a² terms, that is